University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha Haworth
CACTACEAE
Dina Clark; Carolyn Crawford
407
1994-06-25
25 June 1994
United States, Colorado, Las Animas, On top of the Mesa de Maya.
37.0870476 -103.6151413 +-500m. WGS84
T34S R55W SEC18 NEĀ¼
UTM used corresponds with the given T,R,S information and elevation. Do not know how it would be referred to as on top of Mesa de Maya because it is 3.06 miles SSW of Mesa de Maya. LJ
1920 meters
6300 ft, 1920 m
Growing in clearing within Pinus ponderosa-P. edulis-Sabina scopulorum woods on top of the mesa; in dry rocky soil at the base of basalt boulders; with Cercocarpus montanus and Artemisia frigida.
Flr
Original ID as Opuntia polyacantha Haw. Flora of theMesa de Maya Region.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)